main.py

import sys
import encoder, decoder

def main(argv):
    plaintext = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
    ciphertext = "1442779157967667200000|262059538099831245374033664000000000|491524481646305217710445277411617404468653198242187500|54736736297607421875000000|26575780025450776966354193208522490921501091250000000000|5232777644455317290286534758400000|21499084800000|24555699822948576064581298828125000000000000|17936133750000"

    # this would be less ugly if python had the ternary operator
    hexadecimal = True if "--hex" in argv else False

    if "--encode" in argv:
        print encoder.encode(plaintext, hexadecimal)

    if "--decode" in argv:
        print decoder.decode(ciphertext)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print "usage: python main.py [--encode|--decode]"
        sys.exit(1)

    main(sys.argv[1:])